Show RAGGED AND ILLFED This Scarcely Expresses the Turkish I Turk-ish Soldiers Condition 1 1 ARE RIPE FOR REBELLION I BATTLE NOW WOULD BE A GRECIAN WALKOVER Greeks Have Within Them the Patriotic Pa-triotic Fire While the Soldiers of the Sultan Are Anything But Heroes Sinking of the Greek Schooner Twentyfive Greeks Leave New York Many Others May Go New York March 21A special cable ca-ble dispatch to the Press from Larissa Thessaly says A careful examination of the Turkish army made with special facilities for that accuracy justifies the statement the men are dirty ragged and illfed and that they are demoralized by the spirit of discontent which such conditions condi-tions invariably create Contrary to the general public belief be-lief they are inferior to the Greeks in numbers The one thing which ha sustained the Moslems throughout and made it possible for them to make a i pssible showing in the field and continue their molestation of Christians is that of Emperor William of Germany who has contributed to them plenty of ammunition am-munition This assistance buoys them up somewhat as i presupposes aid in other directions should the actual crisis demanding it present itself Te masses in Macedonia are desirous desir-ous of Grecian rule and ready to rise whenever the signal is given The Greeks have quietly armed 10000 Macedonians Mace-donians who have returned to Turkish Turk-ish territory They are not uniformed but they are armed and in the moun tain passes are waiting for history to have the opportunity of repeating itself in another Thermopylae While these Macedonians are eager to strike the blow the Turkish troops on their way to the front were much dissatisfied The religious mania of other years did not possess them They were ripe for midnight butchery and the looting of the defenseless but they were not desirous of battle I was with difficulty that open insurrection in-surrection was suppressed and troops that would have been effective a marauding bands had no relish for fighting Under the present conditions a battle would be a sure walkover for the Greeks They are superior in numbers to the Turks better drilled and better fed and besides have the inspiration of patriotism out of which heroes are made Emperor William may send his ammunition to the Turks but i takes more than ammunition to win a battle bat-tle Greeks Leave New York I Greek New York March Twentyfive Greeks members of the army reserves of their native land sailed today on the French liner La Normandie Ten members of the party are being sent home through the Green consuls office I and the other 15 are paying their own passage The men are from Providence I Provi-dence Cincinnati Los Angeles Pitts burg and this city Consul Botassi said today Every day my countrymen come to me for advice They ask if war is to be declared de-clared I cannot answer that I say the reserves are called out and that if I they belong to them ther duty is plain I I expect that within the next four weeks about 2000 men will leave New York for Greece Will Wait Awhile Athens March 20The Austrian charge daffaires having replied to the Greek protest against the sinking of a Greek schooner off Cape Dia Crete by the Austrian gunboat Sebenico that the schooner was fired upon because be-cause of an attack upon the gunboat by Cretan insurgents the Greek government gov-ernment has consented to await the consente result of inquiry Into the affairs which are now proceeding before taking further fur-ther action The Admirals Orders Athens March 20It is stated here that Admiral Toubazio commanding the Greek fleet in the Gulf of Art has summoned the Turks to dismount their guns at the entrance of the gulf in 24 hours The Moslems are constructing con-structing fortifications on the Turkish side of the Gulf of Arta in violation I of the treaty of Berlin 1 |